Eunicea

Eunicea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae. These branched octocorals typically have knobby protuberances from which the polyps protrude. They are often stiffened by purple sclerites and some colonies, in brightly lit back-reef areas are purple, though most colonies are brown or grey. The polyps in some species are large and feathery in appearance. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kept in a reef aquarium.

==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists these species: Eunicea aspera Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea asperula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 Eunicea calyculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Eunicea castelnaudi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 Eunicea citrina Valenciennes, 1855 Eunicea clavigera Bayer, 1961 Eunicea distans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea echinata Valenciennes, 1855 Eunicea esperi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) Eunicea fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea gracilis Valenciennes, 1855 Eunicea heteropora (Lamarck, 1816) Eunicea hicksoni Stiasny, 1935 Eunicea hirta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea humilis Milne Edwards, 1857 Eunicea inexpectata Stiasny, 1939 Eunicea knighti Bayer, 1961 Eunicea laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea laxispica (Lamarck, 1815) Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea madrepora (Dana, 1846) Eunicea mammosa Lamouroux, 1816 Eunicea multicauda (Lamarck, 1816) Eunicea pallida Garcia Parrado & Alcolado, 1996 Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961 Eunicea pinta Bayer & Deichmann, 1958 Eunicea sayoti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea sparsiflora Kunze, 1916 Eunicea stromyeri Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Eunicea succinea (Pallas, 1766) Eunicea tayrona Sánchez, 2009 Eunicea tourneforti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 Eunicea turgida Ehrenberg, 1834